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About This File
This plugin has been replaced with the MAMEdatsViewer plugin.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
See here for the new and improved all-in-one plugin here:
View game specific "Initialization(s)" and/or "Tip(s)" from MAME's gameinit.dat
Inspired from MAME's built in feature in the main UI and via their in-game Tab menu.
Not all MAME games require any initial setup to run, but some do. Currently, the DAT file contains 1439 entries.
A 
badge will be displayed if there is an entry in gameinit.dat for that game. (See below for Enabling Badges)
Currently only available in LaunchBox (not BigBox)
Prerequisites
- Requires LaunchBox 13.3 or newer
Installing
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Download and then open the plugin file using 7zip.
- if you don't use 7zip, first unblock the file (Right click, select Properties, and click Unblock) then open it as you normally would.
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Extract the main folder from inside the zip file into ..\LaunchBox\Plugins\
- i.e. D:\LaunchBox\Plugins\MAMEgameinitDAT\
- Start LaunchBox
Included Files
- MAMEgameinit.dll
- /Data/gameinit.dat (v0.263 [latest available] - downloaded from https://www.progettosnaps.net/gameinit/)
Using
- Right-click on a game and select View MAME gameinit.
Updating gameinit.dat
- When loading the plugin, it will check the local version of gameinit.dat against what's available from https://www.progettosnaps.net/gameinit/.
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If a newer version is available, you will be given the option to Update the local copy.
- Updating will attempt to download and then replace the existing file.
Enabling Badges
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To enable the badge, click Badges, Plugin Badges, MAME gameinit
- The Badge image can be changed by replacing the image ../LaunchBox/Images/Badges/MAMEgameinit.png
As always, all thoughts, views, opinions, suggestions, comments and accolades are welcome. 😎
If you like this plugin, you may also enjoy some of my other MAME related plugins:
View game specific commands from MAME's command.dat
https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/4913-view-game-specific-commands-from-mames-commanddat/
MAME History.xml Viewer
https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/5228-mame-historyxml-viewer/
MAME Hi-Score Display - A plugin for BigBox
https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2173-mame-hi-score-display-a-plugin-for-bigbox/
MAME Software Lists Import Tool
https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2080-mame-software-lists-import-tool-plugin/
See all my plugins here:
https://forums.launchbox-app.com/profile/102158-joeviking245/content/?type=downloads_file
What's New in Version 1.0.0 See changelog
Released
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